A Florida lifeguard was fired for saving a man's life outside his swimming zone, and now an Orlando-based company is under public scrutiny for it.

Lifeguard Tomas Lopez says he sprung into action when he heard a swimmer was drowning off Hallandale Beach. He was then fired for leaving his assigned zone.

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For what it's worth, it appears Lopez does not want the job back.

Orlando-based Jeff Ellis and Associates, the company that hired him, says Lopez left his post to save someone in an area where people are told to swim at their own risk. The company said Lopez's rescue was a move that is against the current company policy. They say by making the rescue, he left his own zone unprotected.

Lopez spoke out to say he wasn't broken up about being fired.

"It wasn't too much of an upset because I had my morals intact over my own job," Lopez said.

Ellis told WESH 2's Michelle Meredith that he regrets the way this particular situation was handled.

"We have a lot of good people throughout the country. They all have well-meaning intentions and any time that some event like this clouds that, it is not a good thing," Ellis said. "Certainly I am not happy about it and that's why I am speaking to you."

The company did reconsider Lopez's termination because they offered him his job back on Thursday.

Lopez, however, respectfully declined the company's offer.

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